A study in The Lancet reveals that steep cuts to USAID funding could lead to over 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in combating diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria. Steep cuts in funding for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) threaten to cause more than 14 million additional deaths […]
Representative Image (AI) For the inhabitants of remote South African villages, getting access to medication is a challenge. HIV patients like 19-year-old Nozuko Majola must travel more than an hour to get the vital antiretroviral medication they need.But it wasn’t always like this.“We used to get the drugs delivered to our homes, but since Donald […]
The United States has yet to provide significant assistance, with its response lagging far behind China, Russia and India, which have rushed emergency teams and supplies to Myanmar after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake.Even as President Donald Trump continued dismantling the US agency for international development (USAID), he assured that American help was on the […]
Appeals court clears way for Elon Musk’s DOGE to keep operating at USAID A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an earlier ruling that had blocked Elon Musk‘s department of government efficiency (DOGE) from making further cuts to the US agency for international development (USAID). The lawsuit, one of the first directly targeting Musk, alleged […]
